Hospital-bed.



E; M; HEA'I'ON. HOSPITAL BED. A PPLIOATION FILED AUG. 23, 1909.

Patented June 7,1910.

ELIAS M. HEATON',

JAMES E. WILSON,

OF CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OF CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

HOSPITAL-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June *7, 1910.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS M. HEATON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clarksburg, in the county of Harrison and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Hospital-Bed, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of the invention are, generally, the provision in a merchantable form, of a device of the above-mentioned class, which shall be inexpensive to manufacture, facile in operation, and devoid of complicated parts; specifically, the provision of a bedstead so constructed that the mattress thereof may be tilted longitudinally of the bedstead to assume any desired angle, means being provided for locking the mattress in the position to which it may be tilted, and a seat being provided, which is adapted to prevent the occupant of the device from sliding upon the mattress, when the same is tilted; other and further objects being made manifest hereinafter as the description of the invention progresses.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, delineated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed outin that portion of this instrument wherein patentable novelty is claimed for the distinctive features of the device, it being understood, that, within the scope of what hereinafter thus is claimed, divers changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be made, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a sectional end elevation.

The bedstead 1 may be of any desired form; in the present instance I have shown one of the simple metallic structures which are commonly employed in hospitals and the like; the head and the foot of the bed being connected by side rails 2.

An axle 3 connects the side rails 2 about midway between their ends, and pivotally mounted upon this axle, is a mattress frame 4. Disposed between the mattress frame 4 and the side rails 2, and pivotally supported by the axle 3, are arms 5 terminating in rectangularly disposed extensions 16 provided with longitudinally extending slots 6. A seat 7 is provided, which, if desired, may be a simple wooden board, the same being adapted to be removably inserted in the slots 6 to extend across the frame 4.

In order that the mattress frame 4 may be securely retained at any desired angle, links 8 are provided, having longitudinally disposed slots 9, the links being adapted to be mounted between the mattress frame 4 and the side rails 2. Retaining members 11 and 14 are shown, the retaining members 11 being arranged to be passed through the mattress frame 4, and the retaining members 14 being arranged to be passed through the side rails 2, both of said retaining members being slidably mounted in the slots 9 and being headed to prevent their withdrawal from the links 8. Located within the mattress frame 4 upon the ends of the retaining members 11 are lever nuts 12, which are duplicated upon the exterior of the side rails 2 by lever nuts 15 which are mounted upon the extremities of the retaining members 14. By operating the lever nuts 12 and 15 the mattress frame 4 may be clamped at any desired angle. When the mattress frame is to be disposed in a horizontal position, the seat 7 is raised to space its lower edge above the side rails 2, whereupon, when the seat 7 being removed, the arms 5 will hang pendent below the side rails 2, in an out-of-the-way position. It is to be noted that when the seat 7 is in place, its ends are inclosed by the side rails 2, so that the said seat cannot become displaced accidentally by the movement of the person seated thereon. The re taining members 11 and 14 are so positioned 9 in the elements wherein they are mounted, that they will clear each other when the mattress frame is tilted, thereby making it possible to depress either the head or the foot of the mattress frame. By this construction the patient may have either his head or his feet depressed, to facilitate the drainage and dressing of wounds.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Let ters Patent is l. A bedstead comprising side rails; a longitudinally tiltable mattress frame disposed between the side rails; connections between the frame and the rails; arms provided with slots and pivoted between the frame and the side rails 11 on the connections; a seat ar ranged to be insertedlinthe slots to extend across the frame; and means for locking the frame in position.

2. A bedstead comprising side rails; a longitudinally tiltable mattressframe disposed between the side rails; connections between the frame and the rails; arms provided With slots and pivoted between the frame and the side rails upon the connections; a seat arthe frame and a rail; a retaining member slidably, mounted in the slot of the link and, varrangedto extend'through the frame; a retaining member slidably mounted in the slot :of the link and arranged to extend through said rail; a clamping device located Within the frame upon the end of the first-named retaining member; and a clamping device located upon the'ext'erior of said rail upon -the end of the last-named retaining member.

In testimony that I claim the" fore ture in t'hepresence of two Witnesses; v

ELIAS HEATO NZ Witnesses: I

CHARLES B. ALEXANDER, WM; T. -AIJEXANDER:

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